Thurs., 12/26/19 Devotion (2 Chron. 31:20-21)

Today's encouragement comes from 2 Chronicles 31:20 & 21, where we read these words:

"Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and true before the LORD his God. And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart. So he prospered."

Hezekiah's reforms, mentioned in this chapter, had been significant. He tore down the idol worship altars; the clergy was restored and re-organized; and the worship of the true God was re-instituted in Judah. Because of his good leadership, the house of God began to thrive again. Hezekiah was given by the Lord a good heart; and the king's actions reflected this, in his zealous conviction.

The result was that Hezekiah "prospered." His troubles and enemies did not go away, as we will see in the very first verse of the next chapter; but the king was safe in God, and his life was abundantly blessed. Let us follow this same pattern, through our faith in our blessed Lord Jesus.

[Puritan quote of the day: "If the church is beautiful beyond all other of the children of men, how beautiful is Jesus Christ, from whom the church derives all its comeliness?” —Thomas Vincent, in, "The True Christian's Love to the Unseen Christ"]